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Freelancers’ Questions: Are the UK’s EU freelancers hit by the Brexit deal?
Revealed: the new hoops that EU nationals freelancing in Britain must jump through to stay. 3 min
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Freelancers, what is required to complete your tax return?
As a freelancer, you have earnings outside of PAYE, and the chances are you’ll need to file a tax return. 3 min
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Why a UK Intermittents du Spectacle wouldn’t cut it for freelance creatives
Close but no cigar: a French scheme for performance workers would bring across its own issues if imported. 5 min
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To help UK freelancers, experts mull France’s ‘Intermittents du Spectacle’
An import to help end the ‘apartheid’ Britain’s self-employed suffer under is being backed, at least in spirit. 4 min
Freelancer Finances
Freelancers' Questions: How to be self-employed in Italy if I leave the UK?
An expert on freelancing overseas ends a ‘viscous circle,’ but balks at the likely paperwork and controls involved. 4 min
Guide to Freelancing
What to do when you're overwhelmed by freelance work
Running a freelancer business can be full on, and in order to survive the storm you need to change your approach to work. 4 min
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Freelancers' Questions: How to tell the client of my covid-19 concerns?
The self-employed can inoculate against awkward coronavirus conversations by mixing the practical with the tactical. 5 min
Freelancer Finances
Who needs a UTR number?
A self-employed freelancer in the UK is required to have a Unique Taxpayer Reference (UTR) as it helps HMRC identify and process tax returns against the correct taxpayer’s records. 2 min
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The Covid Cash Crunch: Freelancers, are you waiting too long to get paid?
Creative industry sole traders have comparatively generous payment terms. Is it time you closed the gap? 5 min
Guide to Freelancing
How to future-proof your finances as a freelancer
It is important to build up financial resilience therefore, this article will highlight 5 ways to future-proof your finances as a freelancer. 4 min
Guide to Freelancing
Freelancers' Questions: How to explain you’re quitting for self-employment?
Planting the seed with your boss is much safer than dropping the bombshell, when freelancing beckons. 4 min
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Freelancer training and tax: when a skills course is an allowable expense
How sole traders can get a handy tax deduction if using the new lockdown to upskill. 4 min
Guide to Freelancing
How to collaborate with your fellow freelancers
As a result, the world’s freelancers might be experiencing a shift towards co-working and team-based work. With this in mind, we’ve put together six simple tips to help you collaborate with fellow freelancers. 3 min
Freelancer Finances
IR35: Dos and don’ts to consider for 2021
With everything else that’s been going on the information regarding IR35 may have got a little lost lately, so we thought we’d write a no-nonsense article to keep you up to date 5 min
Freelancer News
FreelanceUK readers, host your own event for European Freelancers Week
You’re invited! Unify with your fellow self-employed today, to show this pandemic our strength in numbers. 3 min
Guide to Freelancing
A guide to record-keeping and expenses for freelancers
There are a number of rules about record-keeping and by not adhering to them, you run the risk of losing out on any tax relief – or worse, being penalised by HMRC. 5 min
Freelancer Finances
A UK sole trader's overview to paying yourself as a self-employed freelancer
Drawings, thresholds, exemptions – all demystified, so you can work out how much you’ll take home. 5 min
